Girls' name · since 1949
Hildy
Hildy has 201 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
201 girls have been named Hildy since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hildy has 201 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2018.
- #19,763 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1949
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hildy ranks #19,763 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1949, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Hildy's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Hildy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hildy's full recorded timeline at 1958, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hildy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2018
- Peak year (1957)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Hildy by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (145 births, 72% of the file).
1950s was Hildy's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Hildy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
145 births
- 1960s 39
1960s
39 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 145 births (72% of all-time use).
Hildy by state
Where Hildy concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 56 | 27.9% |
56 of 201 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hildy's data
- Hildy's decade-level peak was the 1950s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Hildys (56 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hildy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hildy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.